Road drag



July 15 1924.

P. B. DAY

ROAD DRAG FilCd aril 4 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet l chm Help,

P. B. DAY

J ly 15, 1924.

ROAD DRAG Filed April 4. 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented July 15, 1924.

UNITED STATES PHILANDER B. DAY, OF VINITA, OKLAHOMA.

ROAD DRAG.

,Application filed April 4, 1921. seriarm. 458,332.

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, PHILANDER B. DAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Vinita, in the county of Craig andState of Oklahoma, haveinvented a new and useful Road Drag, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to road working devices, and more particularly toa device for dragging a road surface to accomplish the leveling orgrading thereof. 1

The primary object of the invention is to provide a road drag which willremove irregularities from a road surface, and simultaneously throw theloose soil to the center of the road.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter having a drag blade at the rear thereof for smoothing the roadsurface after the same has been acted on by the scraping blades of thede vice.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of a deviceconstructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the drag includes the side bars 5which are provided with cut out portions adjacent to the ends thereof,the cut out portions extending at angles to accommodate the ends of thedrag blades 6 and 7 which are disposed at angles with respect to thesurface over which the same are operating.

The scraping blades 8 and 9 have their ends positioned in suitableopenings formed in the side bars 5 of the drag, and as shown thesescraping blades are disposed at angles with respect to the side bars 5so that the loose dirt or surface of the road will be fed towards thecenter of the road.

One edge of each of the scraping blades 8 and 9 is cut away as at 10 toprovide a passageway to permit material to pass between the scrapingblades, where the same passes to the rear of the drag. In order that thef scraping blades 8 and 9 will be maintained in upright positions,bracing bars 11 are provided, which bracing bars connect the scrapingblades and prevent twisting of the same.

The rear drag blade 7 constitutes a surfacing blade, which blade levelsthe road surface, after the scrapingblades have loosened the same. Thisrear drag blade 7 is also provided with a cut out portion 12 to permitmaterial to pass from the drag during the operation thereof.

A rod 13 has connection with the side bars 5 of the drag for securingthe forward portions of the side bars in suitable spaced relation witheach other, while the rod 1 1 which connects the side bars 5 at the rearend of the drag, secures the rear ends of the side bars 5 in suitablespaced relation with each other.

ends of the side bars is a brace rod 15 which has its ends connected tothe side bars for securing the central portions of the side bars againstmovement, with respect to the scraping blades 8 and 9.

Runners 16 are secured to the lower of the side bars 5 to permit thedrag to slide freely over the road surface under construction. A metalblade 17 is carried by each of the scraping blades 8 and 9, whereuponthe blades will cut into the road surface, to dislodge the soil. Thedrag blades 6 and 7 are also provided with metallic blades 18 to providewear surfaces for the blades 6 and 7.

At the forward end of the drag are suitable hook members 19 whichprovide means for connecting a suitable power device to the drag,whereby the same may be moved over a road surface. 7 7

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is In a roaddrag, side bars, runners on the lower surfaces of the side bars, rodshaving connection with the side bar for holding the sidebars in spacedrelation with each other, a forward drag blade and a rear drag blade,sail blades being disposed 'at oblique angles with respect to the sidebars, the rear drag blade having a cut out portion formed adedges Ijacent to one edge thereof, scraping blades arranged at oblique anglesWithrespect to the side bars of the drag and operating in verticalplanes, said scraping blades having cut out portions formed adjacent toone of the respective ends thereof and disposed in the lower edgesthereof, the out out portions in the scraping blades being in alignmentwith the cut out portion-of the rear drag 'J'. S. MARTIN.

